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Goldman Sachs warns of rare earth supply risks
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China’s digital currency push faces uphill battle
At Beijing Winter Games venues, China’s digital currency has been designated as an official payment method.
21 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Amazon, Reliance lock horns over India’s cricket media rights
Amazon’s rivalry in India with oil-to-retail conglomerate Reliance Industries looks set to head to the cricket field, where they will likely battle media heavyweights for telecast rights to India’s premier cricket league with its hundreds of millions of viewers.
20 February 2022, 18:00 PM
US-UAE push for $4b in climate change investment
The United States and the United Arab Emirates are seeking an additional $4 billion of global investment in an initiative launched last year to make agriculture resilient to climate change and reduce its emissions, a US official said on Sunday.
20 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Saudi Arabia committed to energy market stability
Saudi Arabia is committed to working with its OPEC+ partners to ensure energy-market stability, the country’s foreign minister said on Saturday, adding this required the participation of all members.
20 February 2022, 18:00 PM
WB proposal would shift about $1b from Afghan trust
The World Bank’s management has approved a plan to use some $1 billion in a frozen Afghanistan trust fund for education, agriculture, health and family programs, according to a bank paper and two sources, in what would be a major boost to efforts to ease the country’s worsening humanitarian and economic crises.
20 February 2022, 18:00 PM
UK must deal with Russian money
Britain has an issue with Russian money funnelling through the City of London and it must be dealt with, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday.
20 February 2022, 18:00 PM
US takes steps to counter Ukraine crisis, energy costs
There could be a knock-on impact to energy prices paid by American consumers from ongoing tensions between Russia and Ukraine, US Vice-President Kamala Harris said, adding that the US government is working to mitigate the effects.
20 February 2022, 18:00 PM
G20 warned of Ukraine threat to global recovery
The crisis in Ukraine is a serious threat to the global economy’s post-pandemic recovery, Indonesia’s leader on Thursday warned a meeting of finance chiefs from the G20 nations.
19 February 2022, 18:00 PM
EU launches WTO dispute against China
The European Union launched a legal challenge against China at the World Trade Organization on Friday, arguing that Chinese courts were preventing European companies from protecting their telecom technology patents.
19 February 2022, 18:00 PM
India, UAE eye $100b in trade after signing deal
India and the United Arab Emirates signed a broad trade and investment pact on Friday that will eventually cut all tariffs on each other’s goods and aims to increase annual trade between the two nations to $100 billion within five years.
19 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Surging oil prices add another worry for frazzled investors
A US stock market, already on edge from a hawkish Federal Reserve and a conflict between Russia and Ukraine, now has another worry: higher oil prices.
19 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Japan’s consumer prices rise
Japan’s core consumer prices rose for a fifth straight month in January but at a slower pace than in the previous month, boosting the likelihood the country’s central bank will lag behind other economies in raising interest rates.
19 February 2022, 18:00 PM
StanChart bets on rate hikes to hit lofty goals
Standard Chartered has raised its core profitability goals and promised shareholders extra payouts, despite full year profit undershooting expectations, as it banks on inflation-battling rate hikes worldwide to boost lending.
17 February 2022, 18:00 PM
IMF chief urges G20 to move faster on debt relief
Advanced nations should “immediately” provide relief to developing nations whose debt burdens have swelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said Wednesday.
17 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Markets rally on hopes for easing Russia-Ukraine tensions
Asian markets rebounded Wednesday and Europe extended gains on hopes that Russia will not invade Ukraine after Moscow said some of its troops on the countries’ border had started pulling back.
16 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Fed’s credibility ‘on the line’ amid US inflation spike
The Federal Reserve needs to accelerate the pace of interest rate increases to fight inflation, but can do so in a way that doesn’t roil financial markets, St. Louis Fed President James Bullard said Monday.
15 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Britain unemployment rate steady
The UK’s unemployment rate remained steady at the end of last year despite the emergence of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, official data showed on Tuesday.
15 February 2022, 18:00 PM
India bans 54 Chinese apps
India has blocked access to 54 mobile apps, mainly Chinese but also including Singapore-based Sea Ltd’s Free Fire game, over security concerns, government sources said on Tuesday, a day after Sea shares sank 18 per cent on a report of the ban.
15 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Japan, private sector can help bring investment
Japan and its private sector can play a pivotal role in bringing in investment to Bangladesh and help the country tap opportunities in the time of the fourth industrial revolution, said speakers yesterday.
15 February 2022, 18:00 PM
German investor morale rises
Confidence among investors in Germany grew in February, according to figures published Tuesday, in spite of rising tensions with Russia over Ukraine and lingering supply chain issues.
15 February 2022, 18:00 PM